I was not aware that "Your Hit Parade" was ever broadcast in color! I too would like to see some eps, but I found the intro to be an interesting artifact in itself.

I'd rather watch a full episode of this show, Rather than this, which is the opening intro. I've seen several episodes of "Your Hit Parade" (Sponsored in the early seasons by Lucky Strike cigarettes), and it's much more historically interesting than this commercial. This is another example of everything wrong with the Internet Archive, Over 200 old TV commercials but only 50-something actual TV broadcasts. Now, can somebody PLEASE upload some episodes of the show itself (Which are, BTW, Public domain).

Very very VERY interesting commercial here, looks to be a promo for the classic show, Your Hit Parade but unbeknowest to me, that their sponsor was Toni Hair Coloring, and something called Your Hit Parade Cigarettes!! Wow, never knew that. I think that must be the ultimate of a sponsor and tv show merchandising. According to the web, Lucky Strike sponsored YHP Wonder the true history behind this!!

A frenetic, insane intro piece for the 50's pop music countdown show, brought to you by Hit Parade brand cigarettes--"for the tobacco that's hip, and the taste you want"! Great abstract visuals, and an absurdly unwieldy jingle. Imagine having to set these words to music:
"Top tunes all over America, as determined by your Hit Parade surveys, that checks the best-sellers in sheet music, and phonograph records, the songs most played on the automatic coin machines, and the songs most heard on the air; an accurate, authentic tabulation of America's tastes in popular music: Your Hit Parade!"
Yes, those are the lyrics. Sounds like they were written by the legal department.